Bracket to support radiators.



W. F. WOLFE, C. R. FOWLER, N. G. SGHROEDER 6: A. S. MAPPETT.

BRACKET TO SUPPORT RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED APILO, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'WILTSIE F. WOLFE, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, AND CHARLES R. FOWLER, NELSON C. SCHROEDER, AND ALFRED S. MAPPE'IT, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL VANIA, ASSIGNOBS TO FOWLER 86 WOLFE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A COB PORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BRACKET TO SUPPORT RADIATORS.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMar. s, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Wwrsm F. WOLFE, citizen of the United States, andresident of Atlantic City, Atlantic county, State of New Jersey, and CHAnLns R. FOWLER, NEL- SON C. Sermononn, and ALFRED S. Marrn'rr. citizens of the United States, and residents of thecity and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Im-' provement in Brackets to Support Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

Much difficulty has been experienced in supporting radiators upon the walls of a building and upon like surfaces .owing to theexpansion and contraotionof the radiators due to the changes in temperature, and also owing to the settling of the walls, floors and foundations. This is particularly the case with radiators made up of tubular radiatonunits coupled together. When such radiators are rigidly secured to the wall orother surface the expansion and contraction strains have a tendency to weaken the couplings or connections and produce leaks. Similar strains result when there is a settling of the walls, floors or foundations after the radiators have been erected.

It is the object of our invention to overcome these difliculties by means of a bracket for supporting the radiator-whether it be a unit or plurality of connected unitswith provision for free expansion and contraction both vertically and horizontally. This result we accomplish by suspending the radiator on a bracket-piece or support having provision for lateral movement.

Our invention also includes means for adjusting the bracket-piece to suit the desired position of the radiator and to bring all units into proper relation with one another.

It also includes means for :holding the radiator or unit on its bracket-piece without impeding the freedom of movement under expansion and contraction.

hile our invention is not restricted to radiators of any articular type, it is intended primarily oruse in connection with tubular wall-radiators and has been shown in connection with a Fowler and Wolfe radiator. I i

In the drawings :--Figure 1 is a front elevation of a radiator unit supported b a pair of our brackets; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bracket secured to the wall with the radiator unit in vertical section on the hne A A of Fig. 1 ,on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 1s a front elevation of the bracket; an Flg. 4 is a vertical section on the line BB of Fig. 3.

a is an elongated plate provided at the top and bottom with holes a, a respectlvely, by which the plate may be fastened to the wall by screws g. The plate is preferably provided with bosses or ribs a at the back adjacent to the holes a, a so that the back of the body will be offset from the wall when the plate is attached, as shown in Fig. 2.

b is a top of the plate which acts as a support for the rod 0 which carries the bracket-pieced. This bracket-piece is in the form of a hook extending from a block (1 threaded on the end of the rod 0. The upper end of the rod is provided with a head 0' resting on the ledge b, and the opening e in thelede b through which the rod extends is en eiently large to allow a slight lateral play, so that the rod and bracket-piece d may move laterally.

The radiator-unit f is supported by the bracket-piece (l which projects under one of the tubes, as the central cross-tube -.f',' and one or more brackets may be used with a single radiat -unit. In Fignlwe have shown the unit supported by two brackets. As the rod 0 fits loosely in the opening 6 it may rock laterally toan extent proportional to the amount of play, permitting the radiator-unit to move correspondingly. Consequently with a radiator composed of a plurality of units coupled together in the usual manner the radiator may expand and contract laterally under variations of tem perature without any strain on the couplin s or connections by swinging the brac ets; and, as the units merely rest on the bracket pieces d, vertical expansion and contraction are unimpeded.

It is desirable that means should be employed to hold the radiator-unit securely upon its bracket. For this purpose we prefer to employ headed hooks h, which are mserted between the vertical tubes f of the ledge extending forward from the lOO unit with the hooked ends it engaging the rod 0 and the heads h which are adjustable, bearing upon the outer surfaces of the tubes. These hooks, while holding the units securely upon their brackets, do not interfere in any way with the freedom of movement of the unit under expansion and contraction. They will move laterally with the radiator unit and its support and are not tight enough to impede vertical movement.

As the bracket-pieces d are supported by the threaded blocks (1 on-the threaded ends of the rods 0, they may be adjusted verti-' cally'by turningthe rod, the'head 0 of which is adapted for this purpose; Thus each bracket ma 7 be raised or lowered with referen'ce to t e plate a, which'is rigidlysecured to the wall, to bring the unit which it supports into proper position with reference to other units and to compensate for any settling in the floor or foundation.

What we claim is as follows: i

1. A bracket for supporting a radiator section against a wall and in a position parallel thereto, consisting of a piece rigidly secured to the wall or other surface, and a swinging bracket-piece having a swinging connection with the wall piece and provided with means for supporting the radiator section, whereby the radiator section may. move laterally across and parallel to the surface of the wall with the movement-of the bracket piece under expansion and contraction.

2. A bracket for supporting aradiator consisting'of a plate adapted to be fixed to a Wall or other surface; a rod suspended at its upper end by-said plate with provision for lateral movement over the surface of said plateand the wall by whichlit is supported, said rod'being provided with a support upon which a sectional radiator ma be supported or may rest and be secured in a position parallel to the'surface of the wall with capacity for lateral movement with the bracket-piece.

3. A bracket for supporting a radiator consisting of a plate adapted to be afiixed to the wall or other surface, a rod suspended at its upper end by said plate with provision .for lateral movement, and a'bracket-piece carried by said rod with provision for vertical adjustment thereon, upon which the radiator is adapted to rest.

4Q A. bracket for supporting a radiator consisting of a plate adapted to be aihxed to the wall or other surface, a rod suspended at its upper end from said plate with provision for lateral movement and threaded at meaeei' its lower. end, a threaded block carried by the threaded portion of said rod and adjustable thereon by the rotation of the rod, and a bracket-piece upon which the radiator is adapted to rest carried by said adjustable block.

5. A bracket for supporting a radiatorconnection with the wall piece at the upper end and provided at the bottom with means for supporting the radiator section, whereby the' radiator section may move laterally across and parallel to the surface of the wall with the movement of the bracket-piece under expansion and contraction.

V 6. A bracket for supporting a radiator section against a wall and in a position parallel thereto, consisting of a piece rigidly secured to the wall or other surface, and a swinging bracket-piece having a swinging connection with the wall piece at the upper end and provided at the bottom with means for supportingthe radiator section, where- 'by the radiator section may move laterally 'acrossand parallel to the surface'of the wall with the movement of the bracket-piece under expansion and contraction, and means carried by the bracket-piece tosecure the section thereto.

7. A bracket for supporting a radiator section against .a wall and in a position parallel thereto, consisting of a piece rigidly secured to the wall or other surface, and a swinging bracket-piece having a swinging connection with the wall piece at the upper end and provided at the bottom with means for supporting the radiator section, whereby the radiator section may move laterally across and parallel to the surface of the wall with the movement of the bracket-piece under expansion and contraction, and means carried by the bracket-piece to secure the "section thereto, consisting of a hook having lts outer end bearing on the radiator section and connecting at the inner end with the swinging bracket. In testimony of which invention, We hereunto set our hands.

WILTSIE F. WOLFE. CHARLES R. FOWLER. NELSON O. SOHROEDER. A. S. MAPPETT. I "Witnesses MAY E. Rnnsnn, Annnainn B. HIGGINS. 

